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Capital Markets: Debt - Asia-Pacific Region
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Band 5
What the team is known for

DLA Piper has a notable team with particular strength in its Singapore and Australian capital markets teams. Active across the region, it is well versed in handling work in Malaysia, India, Thailand and Indonesia. The firm regularly works with colleagues from across the firm's network to cover multi-jurisdictional mandates. It offers longstanding experience across IPOs, bond offerings and other rights issuances. The firm has notable involvement on high-yield issuances, acting for the issuer. The team is further highlighted for its proficiency in sukuk matters and debt restructuring, and continues to be highly active on cross-border matters, including acting for US and China-based entities.

Notable practitioners

Joseph Bauerschmidt and Philip Lee in Singapore are key contacts for the group. David Ryan leads the team and is a key contact for clients in Australia.

Work Highlights

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  • DLA Piper acted as international counsel for PT Bank Tabungan Negara on its IDR4.13 trillion rights offering.

  • DLA Piper advised Lionheart III Corp on its USD360 million de-SPAC transaction with SMX to take SMX public on Nasdaq.

Strengths

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